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Stop Treating Phone Numbers As A Digital ID (notthesolution.substack.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've been considering getting a pager or a burner phone just for this

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just get a virtual DID number from something like Voip.ms or virtualphone. There may be other providers out there that use crypto for payment for added privacy, but if all you want to do is be able to keep your real phone # off the grid, these work.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    usually they check for VOIP numbers and give you an error. Has to be legit.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Never had that problem with the Google voice service

    Yeah yeah it's google, but it gives numbers that work

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can pagers receive text messages? I thought they are closed ecosystems, basically?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    you know i'm not sure.

    What i want is a phone that is basically a beeper for text messages. Doesn't even have to send. just receive the stupid OTP. I wonder how hard that'd be to make with like a raspberri pi or something

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